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Grace Buchele Mineta was born and raised in Texas, before moving to Ghana (and later Japan) in her teenage years. She lives in Tokyo with her husband, where she writes and blogs about interracial and intercultural relationships, daily life in Japan, and the life of a freelancer abroad on her blog, "Texan in Tokyo." She graduated from Ursinus College in Pennsylvania and spent one year in Tokyo under the Boren Scholarship.
Her first book, "My Japanese Husband Thinks I'm Crazy" is an autobiographical comic book about her life in Tokyo.---

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Your Japan Guide is a your new source of information about the beautiful country of the rising sun. You will find in our website useful information written by our Tokyo-based team. We will cover for you themes like Travel, Japanese culture, Food and also Lifestyle...

Grace Buchele Mineta was born and raised in Texas, before moving to Ghana (and later Japan) in her teenage years. She lives in Tokyo with her husband, where she writes and blogs about interracial and intercultural relationships, daily life in Japan, and the life of a freelancer abroad on her blog, "Texan in Tokyo." She graduated from Ursinus College in Pennsylvania and spent one year in Tokyo under the Boren Scholarship.
Her first book, "My Japanese Husband Thinks I'm Crazy" is an autobiographical comic book about her life in Tokyo.

The official Fukui travel site, Fukui dot-com, is run by Fukui Prefectual Tourism Federation.
It shows you various event information in Fukui,
Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum, hot springs,
the beautiful Echizen Coast and Wakasa Bay,
heroes connected with Fukui during the end of the Edo Period,
accommodations, sightseeing spots access ranking, delicious food, such as
Echizen Oroshi Soba Noodles, or buckwheat noodle, Sauce Katsu-Don, or pork cutlet bowl.
We also have a lot of features of tourism in keeping with four seasons.
cherry blossoms in spring, sea bathing, camping, fireworks in summer,
colored leaves in autumn, skiing, snowboarding, Echizen Gani Crab in winter and so on.
We show you a lot of important information for your trip to Fukui.

Wakasa Obama is known as a little Kyoto, located just 3 hours from Kansai Airport. It is a region rich in history and cuisine, blessed with untouched sea and mountains, the Japanese cultural heritage of the Saba Kaido (Mackerel Road), and many shrines and temples, some of which are over 1,000 years old.

The San'in Kaigan Geopark (山陰海岸ジオパーク) is a geopark in Japan. The area was declared a Japanese Geopark in 2008, and a UNESCO Global Geopark in 2010. The underlying themes of the Geopark are "geological features, the natural environment, people's lives, and the formation of the Sea of Japan". This geologically diverse area contains records of the process from when Japan was part of the Asian continent to its present-day formation of the Sea of Japan. People's lives are also diverse in this area because of its geodiversity.

The Genbudō Museum (玄武洞ミュージアム) was reinaugurated in March 2018 and exhibits precious stones, rare minerals and fossils of prehistoric animals such as the Tyrannosaurus rex, the Pterosaur as well as the skeleton of an Asian mammoth.

Hyogo Park of the Oriental White Stork was established in 1999 as a research institution for breeding and reintroduction of the Oriental White Stork, a special natural monument of Japan. It also seeks to reintroduce the storks to the wild based on scientific theory. To attain these objectives, University of Hyogo has adopted a system since the park’s opening for university instructors to also work as researchers of the park.

A grand adventure awaits you in Tajima, where you can do anything from hiking and skiing to paragliding. Not only can you discover the wonders of the Sea of Japan and its unique environment, but you can have a very traditional, Japanese experience while exploring Kinosaki Onsen, a famous hot spring town, in a yukata and geta.

The castle town of Izushi is often referred to as Little Kyoto because of its historical buildings from the Meiji Era, such as the Eirakukan (a playhouse) and the Izushi Meijikan. The locally made Izushi soba (buckwheat noodles) are a speciality of the area. On the 3rd of November (National Holiday), a castle festival with a procession of daimyo takes place.

AltJapan is a localization company based in Tokyo with over a decade of experience localizing best-selling content for top publishers, television producers, and video game studios in Japan, America, and around the world.

Stately home and gardens of the Shimadzu family: Sengan-en is a traditional garden and stately home built by the 19th head of the Shimadzu family, Mitsuhisa, in 1658. Sengan-en uses the principle of "borrowed scenery", and incorporates the background elements of active volcano Sakurajima and Kinko Bay as part of the gardens.

The Japan America Society of Chicago creates and promotes Japanese and American friendships. We do this through business, social, educational and cultural activities. We are the only organization in Chicago that touches all of these areas in American and Japanese relationships.

Tsuruga was the only Japanese port opened to the Polish orphans in 1920,
and to the Jewish refugees with Visas For Life in 1940. Since ancient times, Tsuruga Port flourished as a gateway to the continent and was known as the “Harbor of the East” and later as the Port of Humanity.

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